The Development of Reading Aloud Skills Through Phonics Instruction Coupled with Supplementary Comic Book Series ‘Long Nan’ for Sixth Grade Elementary School Students

Abstract

   This research aimed to: 1. determine the effectiveness of phonics instruction integrated with the Long Nan supplementary comic book, 2. compare students’ pronunciation skills before and after the implementation of the phonics instruction with the Long Nan comic, and 3. examine students’ satisfaction with the learning management using this integrated approach. The sample group consisted of 13 Grade 6 students from Chumchon Ratchadaphisek Mittraparb 115 School, selected through purposive sampling. The research instruments included: 1) the Long Nan comic book (mean = 4.79, SD = 0.38), 2) 13 phonics-based lesson plans (mean = 4.79, SD = 0.36), 3) a pronunciation skills test (content validity = 1.00, reliability = 0.80), and 4) a 14-item satisfaction questionnaire (content validity = 1.00). Data were analyzed using effectiveness index, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and paired sample t-test.

   The findings revealed that: 1. the effectiveness index of the phonics instruction using the Long Nan comic book was 0.7184, equivalent to 71.84%; 2. students’ pronunciation post-test scores were significantly higher than their pre-test scores at the .05 level; and 3. students’ overall satisfaction with the learning approach was at the highest level.